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alikas

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From: Lithuania, Vilnius

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 319

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Computer after startup or after shutdown creating .serverauth.3985

Every time after starup computer creating ".serverauth." file in "/root" directory (I working with root) with different ectension. For example now then I turn on computer creat file ".serverauth.3985".
There it content:

  myhost 0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 f&x] x*ДJ  myhost 1 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 5Pܔ

What me do, that computer do not create this files?

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Titus

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From: Izmir

Registered: 2006-05-11

Posts: 120

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Re: Computer after startup or after shutdown creating .serverauth.3985

i think you don't use any login manager and you start DE with

startx

command. I had the same problem and i solve it by using these link:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … serverauth

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ozar

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: Computer after startup or after shutdown creating .serverauth.3985

I've also read that you can edit your /usr/bin/startx file, and change line 131 to this:

xserverauthfile=$XAUTHORITY

...but I've not tried it.

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alikas

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From: Lithuania, Vilnius

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 319

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Re: Computer after startup or after shutdown creating .serverauth.3985

i think you don't use any login manager and you start DE with

startx

command. I had the same problem and i solve it by using these link:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … serverauth

I create autologin program and add to ~/.bash_profile

if [[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/vc/1 ]]; then
  xinit
  logout
fi

Thanks.

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wingot

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Registered: 2007-03-29

Posts: 7

Re: Computer after startup or after shutdown creating .serverauth.3985

I was experiencing same problem. Changed line as stated in post above

Bug report is at: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6941?histring=xinit

matahari

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From: Bandung, Indonesia

Registered: 2007-04-04

Posts: 59

Re: Computer after startup or after shutdown creating .serverauth.3985

after peeking openbsd startx. adding this line in startx solve it

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xserverauthfile=$HOME/.serverauth.$$
trap "rm -f $xserverauthfile" ERR HUP INT QUIT ILL TRAP KILL BUS TERM # ->> add this line
add :$dummy . $mcookie
...........